Glenbrook is a residential mountain community 67 km west of Sydney in the Lower Blue Mountains…read more This picturesque little town of 5,000 people is the biggest community between Penrith and Springwood, further up the mountain. There is a Royal Australia Air Force Base in Glenbrook. Glenbrook station is on the Blue Mountains train line and was opened in 1913. The town was originally named Watertank and was a stop on the "little" zig-zag railway line. The purpose of the stop was so the steam trains could refill their engines with water from the Glenbrook Lagoon. Glenbrook Creek had been dammed up to make a lagoon to store water for the trains, and a pipe-line was constructed to transport water to a tank built alongside the rail line. When the township grew, the residents obviously realized you can't have a town called 'Watertank' so in 1879 they adopted the name Glenbrook after the Glenbrook Creek. The name Glenbrook was proposed by Sir John Jamieson who believed that the creek was a brook coming from Regents Glen. When we lived in the mountains we used to get the train to Glenbrook to go to the cute movie theatre here. Indy movies sometimes, or just regular.

I have to admit that this station is awesome, though for the size of the station compared to the…read moresize of the town, it does feel somewhat out of proportion. However, as a railway station, it is actually pretty awesome, despite the fact that it really isn't the most accessible one. Oh, apparently there used to even be a bar here, if the signs are anything to go by, but I suspect that it has long since been closed and is now basically a heritage-listed regional station. However, it is still really worth to trip up here just to check it out.

Warrimoo is a village in the Blue Mountains 75 km west of Sydney. Warrimoo is an Aboriginal word…read moreword meaning 'place of the eagle'. The 2006 census population was 2,285. Elevation 273 metres (900 feet). In 1898, the Karabah railway station platform was built in the area for the new train line, but closed after a few years. In 1918 the new Warrimoo station was built at a location further south. In the 1950's the station building was burnt down in a bushfire and was subsequently rebuilt. In 2001, the Black Christmas bushfires swept through the area and destroyed about 8 houses. The Mountain train line runs one train each way per hour in off-peak, with additional trains during peak hours. Besides the railway station, Warrimoo has a prominent private school (Wycliffe Christian school), a small public school (Warrimoo Public School), and a cluster of shops and a post office around the station. There are some cool tracks and lookouts here, but mainly kept to local knowledge and not publicized. Do your research first if you wanna come out as the good stuff is hidden away. One star lost for holdin' out on us. On the north side of the station you can take Rickard Road to Warrimoo Oval and the Recreation Reserve. Dorothy Wall, the author of the Blinky Bill books lived in Warrimoo. One could therefore say that the famous fictional koala Blinky Bill was born here. The world would be a better place if more children read of Blinky Bill's adventures and adopted his wholesome values.

Emu Plains is a suburb located 58 km west of the Sydney central business district, just after…read morePenrith. Emu Plains railway station is on the Western and Blue Mountains train line. It is the terminus of the main branch of the Western line, though many trains terminate at the previous station of Penrith. After here you start going up the mountain. The railway station has a quaint two storey building built in 1883 of brick and sandstone, with Tudor chimneys. Two storeys is very unusual for railway stations. The building has Local Government Heritage Listing. I like any building built of sandstone - isn't it THE BEST! Besides Sydney, I can't recall anywhere else where sandstone buildings are prevalent (But don't make me think. It's bad for my brain). People come out here to visit the Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, which is an art gallery including works by the artists Gerald and Margo Lewers. (86 River Road, Emu Plains). The site was donated to the city and opened in 1981 as a gallery, gardens and cafe. While I was 'growing up', a process still in progress, one of my friends said he fell asleep on the train one night and ended up in Emu Plains, where the train terminated. He had to wait till morning to get a train out of there. I never had that pleasure myself, but I think the lesson is: don't fall asleep on the train. My friend didn't mention seeing any emus.

Station part is ok but the kiss and rude part is crap, never space to pull up to pick up or drop…read moreoff my grandson, it had no parking signs but still people park here and go shopping